Carbon Management for Promoting Local Livelihood in the Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) Region

This book contributes to our understanding of linkages between carbon management and local livelihoods by taking stock of the existing evidence and drawing on field experiences in the Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) region, an area that provides fresh water to more than 2 billion people and supports the world’s largest population of pastoralists and millions of livestock. This edited volume addresses two main questions: 1. Does carbon management offer livelihood opportunities or present risks, and what are they? 2. Do the attributes of carbon financing alter the nature of livelihood opportunities and risks? Chapters analyze the most pressing deficiencies in understanding carbon storage in both soils and in above ground biomass, and the related social and economic challenges associated with carbon sequestration projects. Chapters deliver insights to both academics from diverse disciplines (natural sciences, social sciences and engineering) and to policy makers. Front Matter ....Pages i-xxi Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Managing Carbon Cycle Linkage to Livelihood in HKH Region (Zhanhuan Shang, A. Allan Degen, Devendra Gauchan, Bhaskar Singh Karky, Victor R. Squires)....Pages 3-23 Climate Change Mitigation and Pastoral Livelihood in the Hindu Kush Himalaya Region: Research Focuses, Opportunities and Challenges (Wenyin Wang, Devendra Gauchan, A. Allan Degen, Zhanhuan Shang)....Pages 25-43 Tracking of Vegetation Carbon Dynamics from 2001 to 2016 by MODIS GPP in HKH Region (Zhenhua Chao, Mingliang Che, Zhanhuan Shang, A. Allan Degen)....Pages 45-62 Livelihood and Carbon Management by Indigenous People in Southern Himalayas (Dil Kumar Limbu, Basanta Kumar Rai, Krishna Kumar Rai)....Pages 63-87 Front Matter ....Pages 89-89 Effects of Different Grassland Management Patterns on Soil Properties on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (Jianjun Cao, Xueyun Xu, Shurong Yang, Mengtian Li, Yifan Gong)....Pages 91-108 Carbon Management of the Livestock Industry in the HKH Region (Yu Li, A. Allan Degen, Zhanhuan Shang)....Pages 109-123 Wetlands as a Carbon Sink: Insight into the Himalayan Region (Awais Iqbal, Zhanhuan Shang)....Pages 125-144 Milk and Dung Production by Yaks (Poephagus grunniens): Important Products for the Livelihood of the Herders and for Carbon Recycling on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (A. Allan Degen, Shaher El-Meccawi, Michael Kam)....Pages 145-162 The Effect of Ecology, Production and Livelihood on the Alpine Grassland Ecosystem of the Tibetan Plateau (Xingyuan Liu)....Pages 163-181 Front Matter ....Pages 183-183 Prospects of Biochar for Carbon Sequestration and Livelihood Improvement in the Tibetan Grasslands (Muhammad Khalid Rafiq, Jamila Sharif, Zhanhuan Shang, Yanfu Bai, Fei Li, Ruijun Long et al.)....Pages 185-196 Optimizing the Alpine Grazing System to Improve Carbon Management and Livelihood for Tibetan Herders (Xiaoxia Yang, Quanmin Dong, Chunping Zhang)....Pages 197-210 Promoting Artificial Grasslands to Improve Carbon Sequestration and Livelihood of Herders (Huakun Zhou, Dangjun Wang, Meiling Guo, Buqing Yao, Zhanhuan Shang)....Pages 211-228 Prospects for REDD+ Financing in Promoting Forest Sustainable Management in HKH (Shambhavi Basnet, Jagriti Chand, Shuvani Thapa, Bhaskar Singh Karky)....Pages 229-241 Front Matter ....Pages 243-243 Designing Water Resource Use for Poverty Reduction in the HKH Region: Institutional and Policy Perspectives (Madan Koirala, Udhab Raj Khadka, Sudeep Thakuri, Rashila Deshar)....Pages 245-266 Indigenous Practice in Agro-Pastoralism and Carbon Management from a Gender Perspective: A Case from Nepal (Rashila Deshar, Madan Koirala)....Pages 267-280 Adaptation by Herders on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau in Response to Climate Change and Policy Reforms: The Implications for Carbon Sequestration and Livelihoods (Haiying Feng, Melissa Nursey-Bray)....Pages 281-297 Developing Linkages for Carbon Sequestration, Livelihoods and Ecosystem Service Provision in Mountain Landscapes: Challenges and Opportunities in the Himalaya Hindu Kush (HKH) Region (Victor R. Squires)....Pages 299-313 Experience for Future Good Practice and Policy of Combined Carbon Management and Livelihood in HKH Region (Zhanhuan Shang, A. Allan Degen, Devendra Gauchan, Victor R. Squires)....Pages 315-336 Back Matter ....Pages 337-347